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Scientists identify protein that promotes brain metastasis
A protein that breast, lung and other cancers use to promote their spread – or metastasis – to the brain, has been identified by a team led by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators.
The protein, CEMIP, will now be a f… More
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Pupil dilation and heart rate, analyzed by AI, may offer early autism diagnosis
(Credit: Pietro Artoni/Boston Children's Hospital)
Autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders often aren’t diagnosed until a child is a few years of age, when behavioral interventions and speech/occupational therapy become les… More
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A Mathematical Theory for Disease Prediction
The clinical diagnosis of a disease is based on a doctor’s assessment after seeing a patient’s overt symptoms and running confirmatory laboratory tests. However, the development of a disease obviously begins far earlier and novel metho… More
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A Suite of Multicolor Calcium Sensors for Reading Fast Neuronal Circuit Dynamics
Calcium sensors are among the most effective tools to examine how living neurons behave. Genetically encoded calcium indicators (GECIs) are one type of sensor that when combined with live imaging techniques have become a key tool to unde… More
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Study Shows How Ketamine Reverses Depression—and How its Benefits Could Be Extended
The powerful but temporary benefits of ketamine against depression might be extended if the new brain-cell connections it promotes could be preserved, according to a new study published April 12 in Science from researchers at Weill Corn… More
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Teaching AI to Improve Visual Recognition
How do we recognize an image with our brain? We, human beings, are able to distinguish a rose from a camellia at brief sight, while a cat can trace a bug flying and immediately catch it. During the process of visual recognition, many neurons lo… More
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How the antidepressant ketamine rapidly awakens the brain, and why its effects vary more in women
(CREDIT: NATHALIE PICARD / BOSTON CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL)
In small doses, the anesthetic ketamine is a mildly hallucinogenic party drug known as “Special K.” In even smaller doses, ketamine relieves depression — abruptly and sometimes dr… More
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Prosocial Behavior and the Teenage Brain
Learning prosocial behavior is one of the hallmarks of cognitive development. Young children sometimes behave in a self-centered manner due to behavioral immaturity. Over time they learn how to communicate and interact with others. Du… More
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Growing a Brain: Two-Step Control Mechanism Identified in Mouse Stem Cells
Scientists identified two distinct control mechanisms in the developmental transition of undifferentiated stem cells into healthy brain cells. This fundamental research using mice may inform regenerative medicine treatments for n… More
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Pheromone in Baby's Tears Dampens Female Libido
A substance in young mice's tears makes female mice more likely to reject male sexual advances. This research is part of ongoing efforts at the University of Tokyo to understand how animals communicate using chemicals called pheromones.… More